Posted on 09/18/2003 7:42:32 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel
Good.
but i need to add germany as an enemy too...
You might want to give Dubya a call then and tell him of this move of yours. He is currently at the UN asking for the help of the EU.
Owl_Eagle
" WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"
The First Interview
Muhammed Sa'id Al-Sahaf, Iraqi Information Minister talking to Abu Dhabi TV Anchorman Jassem Obaid
Aljazeerah, September 18, 2003
...Question 5: How did Iraq deal with members of the UN Security Council?
Al-Sahaf: We would contact any country which becomes a temporary member of the Council. We would send them delegations and materials to make our positions clear to them. More and continuous contacts were carried out with the three permanent members of the Council, France, Russia, and China. They were also given preference in oil contracts and trade to keep them as close as possible to the Iraqi side.
We didn't even have to watch what they said, as watching what they did was sufficient. In the runup to the war France actively attempted to sabotage the U.S. pursuit of what it had clearly decided was a vital national security interest. They didn't act the way a disappointed ally would react, something along the lines of "This is a mistake but we hope it turns out for the best." They acted as an opponent.
The story is told of JFK's envoy going to see De Gaulle with satellite photos proving that the Russian missiles in Cuba were a real problem. Supposedly De Gaulle with a wave of his hand said that he didn't need to see the photos, the word of a direct emissary of the American president was good enough for him. IOW, for a truly serious matter the French would stand with us. Clearly, those days are gone. On serious and trivial matters they have resolved to mobilize the international community against vital US national interests.
...the seizure of the reins of this nascent superpower.
That's about the only consolation. The EU is a rapidly declining civilization and power, in part because of policies that the French government pushes. Soft power is no power at all in the end, and increasingly that's all the EU (the UK aside) have.
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